Schedule & Curriculum

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is a professional doctorate that emphasizes the application of theory to actual business issues. The program follows a lock-step cohort model and is designed to train practitioner-scholars beyond the MBA curriculum. The DBA program will help you develop proficiency in applied research by improving your methodological and analytical skills. A guidance committee assists all of our doctoral students in planning and navigating a rigorous program of multidisciplinary study. The DBA program is a non-resident program with limited visits to campus allowing you to complete your studies without having to sacrifice your career. Over the course of our three-year program, you will attend in-person classes one weekend each month while engaging and collaborating in an online learning environment throughout the program.

Curriculum

The DBA curriculum provides an interdisciplinary perspective and is focused on practitioner engagement through research, creative scholarship, and production of works for publication in reputable professional and academic journals. Courses span major areas of business administration including accounting, information systems, finance, logistics and supply chain management, marketing, organizational behavior, human resource management, leadership, operations management, strategic management, and research methodology for examining business problems empirically.

Foundation Courses: Knowledge of quantitative skills and basic knowledge of micro and macroeconomics.